Giratina (Pokémon)
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| Giratina ギラティナ Giratina | |
 Artwork of Giratina's "Another Forme" from Diamond/Pearl | |
| Types | Ghost/Dragon |
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| Species | Renegade Pokémon |
| National Dex | #487 |
| Johto Dex | #— |
| Hoenn Dex | #— |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R— |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Height | 14′09″ (4.5m) (Another Forme) 22′07" (6.9m) (Origin Forme) |
| Weight | 1653.5 lbs. (750.0kg) (Another Forme) 1433.0 lbs. (650.0kg) (Origin Forme) |
| Abilities | Pressure (In Another Forme) Levitate (In Origin Forme) |
| Egg group | No eggs |
| Time to hatch | 30,720 steps |
| Effort yield | 3 HP |
| Exp. yield | 220 base exp. |
| Lv. 100 at | 1,250,000 exp. |
| Gender | — |
| Pokédex color | Black |
| Catch rate | 3 |
| Body style | 
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Giratina (Japanese: ギラティナ Giratina) is a legendary dual-type Ghost/Dragon Pokémon.
Giratina is the version mascot of Pokémon Platinum.
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Biology
Physiology
As first revealed by Japan's CoroCoro Magazine, Giratina has two forms. The first (Another Forme) is the form seen in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. In this form, Giratina is a large, gray, centipede-like creature with six short legs. Its legs have golden claws and gold bands on them. It has a tail and a thick black stripe running vertically along the front of its body. There is a series of red horizontal stripes running across the large black one. Three golden half-rings circle the back half of Giratina's neck at the same points that three of the red stripes are at on its front, resembling a ribcage. On its back are two large, black wings that are decorated with red, conical objects. The wings seem oddly out of place, due to the fact that Giratina seems far too heavy to fly effectively. The wings also seem to be ghostly, as it can change shape like it's made of plasma. Giratina's head and eyes resemble those of Dialga and Palkia, making many have a theory that it is related to the two. Giratina's shiny form is almost a perfect negative of the original.
The second is a new Origin Forme which made its debut in Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin; it uses this form when traveling through different dimensions. This form is more serpentine than Giratina's Another Forme. The Origin Forme of Giratina has six black streamers on its back that each have a red spike at the end. Giratina's legs have been reduced to looking like spikes. There are four more golden spikes near the edge of the tail. This version of Giratina will make an in-game appearance in the upcoming Pokémon Platinum.
Gender differences
Giratina is genderless.
Special abilities
As to be expected with other Ghost-type Pokémon, Giratina is capable of using Ghost, Dark, Psychic and Electrical attacks. Unlike other Dragon Pokémon, Giratina lacks the ability to wield Ice- and Fire-type attacks (save for Will-O-Wisp, which most Ghost-types learn anyway). Giratina is one out of seven Pokémon that is capable of using Aura Sphere. Since Giratina is a "true" Dragon Pokémon, it is also capable of using Draco Meteor.
Giratina is the only known Pokémon that learns Shadow Force.
Behavior
Habitat
Giratina is a very rare (one-of-a-kind) Pokémon due to its "legendary" status. Legends claim that Giratina appears in cemeteries and that this Pokémon supposedly lives in the spirit world, on the reverse side of this one.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Giratina made its anime debut in Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin, and it may be in the 12th Pokémon movie.
In the manga
In the TCG
- Main article: Giratina (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Giratina is the guardian of the Rock Horn.
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| IV | Diamond | A Pokémon that is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours. It appears in an ancient cemetery. |
| Pearl | A Pokémon that is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours. It appears in an ancient cemetery. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | One | Turnback Cave |
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness) | World Abyss (30F) |
Base stats
| HP: | 150 | |
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| Attack: | 100 | |
| Defense: | 120 | |
| SpAtk: | 100 | |
| SpDef: | 120 | |
| Speed: | 90 |
Type effectiveness
| Weak to | Resistant to | Immune to | Normal effectiveness |
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Notes:
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Learnset
By leveling up
| Generation IV | ||||||||
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| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal |
| Start | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 90% | 10 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| Start | DragonBreath | Dragon | Special | 60 | 100% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| 10 | Ominous Wind | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 | Smart | 0 |
| 20 | AncientPower | Rock | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 30 | Dragon Claw | Dragon | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| 40 | Shadow Force | Ghost | Physical | 120 | 100% | 5 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 50 | Heal Block | Psychic | Status | — | 100% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 60 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 | Smart | 0 |
| 70 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 80 | Shadow Claw | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 90 | Aura Sphere | Fighting | Special | 90 | —% | 20 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||
By TM/HM
By tutoring
| Generation IV | |||||||||
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| Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal | |
| D | P | Draco Meteor | Dragon | Special | 140 | 90% | 5 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | |||||||||
Evolution
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Sprites
| Gen | Game | ||||||
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| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
| II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II. | |||||||
| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III. | |||||||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
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For other sprites and images, please see Giratina images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Giratina is the only dual-type Pokémon that has weaknesses to both of its own types, as well as the first Ghost-type legendary Pokémon.
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Giratina.
- Giratina is one of very few non-Flying-type Pokémon that is able to learn Fly. The others are: Vibrava, Flygon, Latios, and Latias (all four of which have the ability Levitate), Mew, Smeargle, and Arceus (all three of which can learn all HM moves)
- It is interesting to note that in addition to appearing to be a member of the dragon trio, Giratina also shares qualities with the lake trio, as it is found in a cave near Sendoff Spring, also known as the "fourth lake of Sinnoh," with the lake trio also being located in caves near (or in their case, on) lakes.
- It is one of seven Pokémon which can change into forms specific to itself, the other six being Castform, Deoxys, Cherrim, Burmy, Shaymin, and Arceus. Like Deoxys's other forms were not available in the original two versions of its generation, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, but later became available in the rest of Generation III, Giratina's Origin Forme will be available in Pokémon Platinum.
- The Another Forme is shorter and heavier than the Origin Forme.[1]
- In Diamond and Pearl, Giratina is met at level 70, while in Platinum, Giratina is met at level 47, the same as Dialga and Palkia.
- Giratina is the only version mascot to share one of its types with those of all other versions in its generation. It is also the first version mascot that does not appear in the regional Pokédex of the region in which the game it is mascot of takes place.
- When CoroCoro revealed Giratina's two forms, they were spelled "Origine Forme" and "Another Forme," the E's on the ends of the words being reminiscent of Middle English. On the official website for Pokémon Platinum, however, the forms are named as "Origin Forme" and "Another Forme". Due to the revelation made by Pokémon.com, where, in their online Pokédex, Deoxys's different forms are named as Normal Forme, Attack Forme, Defense Forme, and Speed Forme, it is likely that this spelling of the word "Form" will carry on into the English translation of both Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin and Pokémon Platinum.
Origin
Giratina is possibly based on a basilisk.
Name origin
Giratina's name may be derived from platinum (written as platina in katakana) and either guillotine, girasol, giraffe or girare (meaning to wander).
In other languages
External links
| Legendary Pokémon | ||||||||||||||
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| Before the Elite Four | After the Elite Four | Event Pokémon | ||||||||||||
| Legendary trios | Version mascots | Cute | Über | |||||||||||
| Kanto | Articuno | Zapdos | Moltres | Mewtwo | Mew | |||||||||||
| Johto | Raikou | Entei | Suicune | Lugia | Ho-Oh | Celebi | |||||||||||
| Hoenn | Regirock | Regice | Registeel | Kyogre | Groudon | Rayquaza | Latias | Latios | Jirachi | Deoxys | |||||||||
| Sinnoh | Uxie | Mesprit | Azelf | Dialga | Palkia | Giratina | Heatran | Regigigas | Cresselia | Phione | Manaphy | Shaymin | Darkrai | Arceus | |||||||||
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